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IDF: No budget – no defense
Yoav Zitun
Published: 25.09.11, 22:51
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1. 3 years overdue to admit lack of funds and switch to
Miron ,   USA   (09.25.11)
direct distribution model. When defences built up switch back to scheckel and market internally. For now only external accounts will be driven by monetary exchanges in virtual scheckel.
2. #3 Miron -- Translation, please? Virtual what?
Scott ,   USA   (09.26.11)
3. Ok, time dor me go and see my dear American friends...
Ehud Barak..   (09.26.11)
4. Move bibi, his family,trachtenbird, his
jason white ,   afula, israel   (09.26.11)
family, the min of finance and their families along with the leaders of the social protest to Sderot. Move the people of Sderot to other locations far from the grad rocket range. Next make sure the Iron Dome batteries are not protectng Sderot. Then we will see how fast the I.D.F. gets its budget increased. After what we went through in 2006 and the casualties and deaths suffered by the I.D.F. due to bibi and the min of fin cutting the defense budget. We should send them all home and look for people who care about Israel to work in the min of fin. Stop giving money to anti Zionist groups and tax them instead.
5. What Price Cottage Cheese?
Dav Lev ,   Los AngelesUSA   (09.26.11)
"Guns or butter you cannot have both" where have we heard this before? 3b shekels is a lot of money,especially when if it not necessary. Also, the USA furnishes Israel with 3b year in dollars, to stay ahead ot its many enemies. Were the Pres to cut that off, well you get my drift. W/O going further, Im assuming the money will be used to partially satisfy the 400,000 protestors with their demands. What price cottabe cheese, pre-school education to the grave, subsidies for those who cannot afford transporation to and fro, and of course rentals. Can the UJA make up somewhat? Will the US increase aid when ourown economy is faltering? But is Iron Dome practical at 50,000 plus a mssile, to shoot down 1 or more 100.00 dollar Kassams and more expensive Grads? This is why extortion is so dangerous. If one Jew dies as a result of the budget reduction...will theblood be on the hands of the cottage cheese crowd? I would like to know what it costs to keep 1m people on permanent charity?
6. Cut Baracks !!!!!
Texan   (09.26.11)
No cuts we need to add cut from Barack salary 1/2 and we talk after that ... Fire that Barack and Tzipi !!!!
7. Does Israel have a gun fund
Ron ,   oc, us   (09.26.11)
I would donate to that.
8. Change in conduct
Yael Schlichting ,   Raubling - Germany   (09.26.11)
Dear valued Arabs, unfortunately, due to budget cuts, we are no longer in the position to address individual threats to Israel individually. Hence we need to take a different approach and consequently need to adopt a different conduct, when addressing a threat. From now on, we no longer will try to take out an individual missile from the air, but we will bulldoze Gaza acre by acre. The stateless Arabs, who will loose their homes will be given a bus ride to Judea or Samaria as a temporary place to stay. Tel Aviv demonstrators happily will let you their tents, since we from no on will have much more resources to address their demands. No, we will not annex Gaza, we will only make it empty! Contradictory to demands in the Jewish homelands, to bring stateless Arabs to Gaza, we will do the opposite, because we know, that only few of you can swim. Once, we are finished with Gaza, we will address Judea and Samaria the same way. Here, we will not give you a bus ride, as you can cross to Trans-Jordan on your own.
9. budget cut
colin   (09.26.11)
The proposed budget cut is NOT as the cowardly groveling barak says to effect the activities of the IDF but to decrease the absolute waste within the spendiing of rubbish eg. sofats.prayer books ,trips by barak to 5 star hotels in France,3 billion was not enough Much more can be deducted.
10. its a 5 % cut
eporue ,   europe   (09.26.11)
11. No budget - no missile defense
Israel Israeli ,   Tel Aviv   (09.26.11)
How about: no retreat from Lebanon - no Hezbolla - no need for missile defense or no ethnic cleansing of Gush Katif - no Hamas - no need for missile defense or build Jewish homes in Judea and Samaria - no terror state - no need for missile defense
12. Wrong budget to cut!
Norman Gellman ,   Rehovot   (09.26.11)
The IDF’s budget in these unsafe times is absolutely the wrong budget to cut. The proper cuts should come from the ultra orthodox budget; they are only a burden on the land. As in every other country they should work for as living. Cutting the IDF budget puts the whole country in a precarious position if not a catastrophic position.
13. Need more money from the americans
Zico ,   Brazil   (09.26.11)
The americans should pay more tax for the benefits of israel at this moment especially when more and more countries are growing hostile toward israel. Need the republican to take over the presidency so that money to israel is a priority
14. I suggest...
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (09.26.11)
We cut back on the salaries of clowns like Netenyahu, Lieberman and Barak...
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